Woodworking blog entries tagged with 'handsaw'

and maybe another table to build?Piled up the “supplies” on the bench. Found a couple other boards as well
A couple short 2×4s (legs?) and some assorted 1xs. Those long things in back?
Are a couple 3/4” x 6” x 120-1/2” planks of pine. Took the cleaned up 2×4 x36” out of the vise, cleared the benchtop of the rest. Placed the Gray 2×4 x 48” in the vise to joint both edges. Will do the rest of it after it is cut down to le...

As I am smack in the middle of a workbench build for my 16 month old and we are currently waiting on a part to arrive in the mail I thought I would pass the time with a side project for the kid.
We were strolling through our neighborhood dollar store the other day looking at Halloween decor and such when I came across a small 12” saw.
As an actual usable saw I think I would have been taken for a ride with the $1 price tag but as a starting point for a junior sized “...

So quite awhile back I was blessed with a Walker Turner 14” bandsaw for just $100 bucks, which I lauded as my way to finally resaw all these cool boards I’ve ammassed- and to this day I still cant get the blade to stay on. Harumph!
So I finally got fed up and said to myself, how hard can it be to resaw by hand!? Since I got my Disston D-7 5 1/2 ppi rip saw, I haven’t even tried! My previous attempts were so awful, that I was discouraged…
I started with a test p...

In my above video I share my recent tour of the traditional carpenter & cooper workshop in at Middleton Place, a former plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. Sorry, the video is a little shaky. But fortunately my photos below are not!
Ahhh, what could be better than a traditional workshop in a heavenly location like this? (pssst…ignore the aligators)
Nobody was manning their workshop station while I poked my head into this workshop, so I just gave myself a tour. I ...

I cut up an old plane to get what I think might be beech wood for my num 12 handsaw tote.This plane was for scrap anyway so here we go!
Then I cut it to size with my previously restored Disston rip saw.Wow! That saw cuts really fast!
Then I joint the edge with one of the planes I cobbled together from a box of six planes I bought on Ebay.The plane I just cut up came out of the same box. Seems strange for some reason?Reminds me of the lyrics “From the forest itself comes th...

I can get the wood to repair the tote on this num 12 Disston if I cut up an old woody plane.
In my first post on this saw repair I mentioned having no source for apple wood and that I might need to use Beech instead.It was pointed out to me by Chrisstef that old wood planes are often made of Beech and the wood could be used on my saw. I just happen to have a box of old planes. I bought six old planes on Ebay for about $20 and I was able to cobble together two really nice planes out of the ...

Had a little time to spend today cleaning the old rusty saw.I used a product called Evapo-Rust that I picked up at ORiley Auto Parts. I just soaked the blade in the Evapo-Rust while wrapped in shop towels and plastic for about 2-hrs.Then used a sanding block and 400-grit wet/dry sandpaper to clean off the rust and dirt then switch to 800-grit.I rinsed the blade in water and dried with a towel, then 0000 steel wool and paste wax.It has a little rust pitting but think it turned out pretty good...

I picked up a Disston num 12 full size 26-in handsaw a couple days ago at a flea market for $7.50.Based on Disstonion I am guessing the age at 1920-28.It needs considerable work but I thought I would give it a shot.It has 10-ppi and is marked with a 0 (not a 10?)It has the mysterious nib at the top end.The tote is pretty broken but if I can find some apple wood I can fix it.The blade is mostly straight with a slight curve but no kinksI steel wooled the area where I should see etching but can&...

Hi LJ’s,
I’m finally starting to work through some of the wood stores I’ve had lying around for years. With the new shop setup, I’ve got more efficiency in my workspace than I’ve ever had (and a lot more plans to continue improving the setup to come).
This past Mother’s Day, my mom shared her new found passion for whittling with me. We had a nice time sitting out in the yard of my sister and brother in-law’s beautiful country home picking out ...

Saws: Restoring, Collecting, Using – My 7 Month Journey
It has been seven months since my first post on Lumberjocks. The motivation for that first post was to try to locate a medallion for a $3 British-made handsaw I purchased on eBay. Little did I know at the time what lay ahead for me on the journey of saw restoration and collecting.
Photo: My $3 saw that started it all..
Now, with summer coming on and my attention, of necessity, turning more towards catching up on all my outsi...